Which to use
“News” is a noun and “nous” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,078
- “News” frequency rank
- #37,704
- “nous” frequency rank
- 39782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | News | nous |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Informationen oder Nachrichten, die neu sind und im Rundfunk oder im Internet verbreitet werden | wir |
Where the eye mixes News and nous
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. News (CVCC) and nous (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between News and nous
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: News is [njuːs] while nous is [nu]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
News is recorded at frequency rank #2,078, classified as anoun, pronounced [njuːs]. nous is at rank #37,704, tagged as apron, pronounced [nu].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 39782, this pair ranks #1,527,072 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of News vs nous
Shared letters: ns. Private to "News": ew. Private to "nous": ou.
"News" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "nous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "News" and "nous" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "News" or "nous" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "News" and "nous" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "News" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,527,072 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "News" and "nous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nous vs nox". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,527,072 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.